<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpc8680238yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:18px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hello Listmates -</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Decedent's Will specifies that an adult beneficiary's inheritance be held in a HEMS trust with no specified end date and names another beneficiary as Trustee. Does the trust use the beneficiary's SSN for IRS reporting or does the trust have to acquire its own EIN? Is it better practice to create a formal trust document and if so would that require receiving instructions or an Order from the probate court?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanks</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Tom Fiscus</div><div><br></div><div class="ydpc8680238signature"><div style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:system;"><font size="2" style="background-color: inherit;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:arial;FONT-WEIGHT:bold;"><i><font size="3">Law Office of Thomas J. Fiscus</font><br>Box 1167<var id="ydp58615394yui-ie-cursor"></var></i></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:system;"><font size="2" style="background-color: inherit;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:arial;FONT-WEIGHT:bold;"><i>Eastsound, WA 98245</i></span></font></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:system;"><font size="2" style="background-color: inherit;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:arial;FONT-WEIGHT:bold;"><i>Ph 360-298-0534<br>WSBA # 44741<span>
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